How to prevent phone numbers to be converted into Skype links?

Question

On those Windows machines with Skype installed, it tends to convert all phone-formatted numbers to Skype links so you can click it in order to make a call on Skype.

Answer 1

The official solution is to add the following meta tag to the head section of your webpage. This will prevent skype from doing any reformatting on phone numbers.

This is a vendor-specific tag. See Skype Toolbar meta tag